Multigenerational Resources for Congregational Worship, Reflection, and Action on Immigration

Worship

Faithful Journeys, Move It! If You Want Justice and You Know It, Clap Your Hands (Grades 2-3) (W)
This activity can be adapted for a MG setting—create a song based on the line &quotIf you want justice and you know it...&quot sung to the tune of &quotIf you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.&quot Each phrase has a feeling associated with it (i.e. &quotangry&quot) and a movement (i.e. &quotstomp your feet&quot). This activity involves movement and creating a song that everyone can sing.

A Chorus of Faiths, &quotWe Are Each Other's Business&quot(story) (Youth) (W)
Promotes religious pluralism. Eboo Patel recalls an experience, during high school, when antiSemitic slurs were written on desks and shouted in hallways and he did not comfort his Jewish friend. Years later, Eboo realizes he should have spoken up.

What We Choose, Ethics: An Ethic of Affirmation and Resistance or An Ethic of Affirmation and Resistance in Folk Tales(Multigen) (I)
Both of these activities focus on affirming ethical standards to highlight marginalized peoples’ dignity, identity, and how they live their lives in the world. Through a handout and various folk tales, participants engage and think critically about the issues involving peoples on the margins of a dominant, cultural society.

Amazing Grace, Universal Love Art(Grade 6) (I)
This activity invites participants to create artwork symbolizing the concept of &quotuniversal love,&quot an idea that Unitarian Universalism embraces. This concept relates to immigration because the group fosters love, dignity, and respect for families dealing with immigration processes.

Heeding the Call, Taking It Home on Immigration(Youth) (I)
This Taking It Home activity for families activates empathy to engage participants in learning about and striving for immigration justice. Participants imagine what it feels like to migrate to a new place and welcome those in the community who may have emigrated from another place.

What We Choose: Ethics, Multiple Perspectives FIA(Multigen)
This Faith in Action activity applies the “ethic of risk” framework, developed by Sharon Welch, to a social justice project. The congregation discusses how they engage with a community of marginalized or oppressed people.